Optus international link dropped out

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Australia's second-biggest telco, Optus, lost its international
link to the internet on Friday night, leaving both ADSL and cable
customers unable to access sites outside the country, the company
has confirmed.

An Optus spokesperson said national OptusNet customers were
unable to view international sites on Friday at 10pm.

The spokesperson said service was restored at 2.27am AEST on
Saturday.

"Optus is currently investigating the cause of the issue," the
spokesperson added.

Broadband forum Whirlpool said the outage
began at approximately 9.05pm and the link was apparently restored
at around 2.30am AEST Saturday morning.

Up to 30 percent of packets were being lost on international
links as evidenced in graphs on the
Internet Traffic Report at 12.15am on Saturday AEST.

Whirlpool forums buzzed with comment from various users, with the
discussion spilling over to 38 pages.